Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Pakistan Day Air Show by PAF Southern Air Command
Beautiful air display by JF17 Thunder and F16 Falcon in Karachi
— Maryam (@maryamful) March 23, 2017
🇵🇰 #WeArePakistan #PakistanDay pic.twitter.com/n4pk28WFyO
#PakistanResolutionDay #Karachi pic.twitter.com/ltAORVB1T0
— Zaryab Shah (@Zaryabtweets) March 23, 2017
Under Control
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.British Sikh police officer instructs people in UK Parliament. He addressed MPs from the pulpit of #Westminster ! #WeAreNotAfraid #London pic.twitter.com/CmbdKwgTi2— Harjinder S Kukreja (@SinghLions) March 22, 2017
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Aerial view at Night
Karachi from the sky tonight ♡ pic.twitter.com/KZTkp1xkoU
— Junaid Akram (@june_aid) March 11, 2017
Monday, March 13, 2017
Commonwealth Day 2017
Commonwealth Day
Yesterday, the Band of the Coldstream Guards played Waltzing Matilda ahead of the Commonwealth Games baton relay launch #CommonwealthDay pic.twitter.com/yNmXou7xJN
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) March 13, 2017
Dame @J_Ennis with The Queen's Baton @wabbey and posing outside with @GC2018 mascot Borobi #CommonwealthDay pic.twitter.com/9pjzjKQpxx— The RCS (@TheRCSLondon) March 13, 2017
— Civic Hub Africa (@civichubng) March 13, 2017Message by Her Majesty the Queen, Head of the Commonwealth
This Commonwealth Day, a baton will set out from Buckingham Palace and begin a long and extraordinary journey. Over the next twelve months, the Baton will visit people living in the nations and territories of our Commonwealth family in every continent and ocean.
Carried on its way by thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds, by the time it reaches its final destination, The Queen’s Baton will have brought together through its route and symbolism, almost 2.5 billion people who share the special connection of being Commonwealth citizens.
Contained within the Baton will be a written message that will be opened and read at the Commonwealth Games in Australia next year. However, there is an even more powerful message to be seen and experienced as the Baton passes from hand to hand, from seashore to mountaintop, through cities, towns, and villages. It is the message of a peace-building Commonwealth.
The cornerstones on which peace is founded are, quite simply, respect and understanding for one another. Working together, we build peace by defending the dignity of every individual and community.
By upholding justice and the rule of law, and by striving for societies that are fair and offer opportunities for all, we overcome division and find reconciliation, so that the benefits of progress and prosperity may be multiplied and shared.
As members of the Commonwealth family we can find much to be thankful for in the inheritances we have received from those who came before us. Through consensus and cooperation great things have been achieved.
We can find further reward and fulfilment by continuing to collaborate with others in a spirit of goodwill to build a peaceful and abundant future for all Commonwealth citizens.
- See more at: http://thecommonwealth.org/media/press-release/commonwealth-day-message-her-majesty-queen#sthash.n0RGHVF1.dpuf
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Be Told !
--This is not view of an airport but of Imtiaz superstore where trolleys full of grocery items are parked by customers #Shopping #Karachi pic.twitter.com/Fc9NnJJbSH— Khurram Zia Khan (@KhurramZiaKhan) March 11, 2017
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Report: Uncontained engine failure brought down IL-76 near Karachi, Pakistan in 2010
--Report: Uncontained engine failure brought down IL-76 near Karachi, Pakistan in 2010 https://t.co/VosUfs3aJQ pic.twitter.com/UiMpO53wD2— Steve Schutzbier (@aviationsteve) March 9, 2017
Accident description
Last updated: 9 March 2017
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | Sunday 28 November 2010 |
| Time: | 01:45 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin 76TD |
| Operator: | Sun Way |
| Registration: | 4L-GNI |
| C/n / msn: | 43452546 |
| First flight: | 1984 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8357 |
| Cycles: | 3373 |
| Engines: | 4 Soloviev D-30KP |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 5 km W of Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI) ( Pakistan) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistan |
| Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS), Sudan | |
| Flightnumber: | 4412 |
An Ilyushin 76TD cargo plane, registered 4L-GNI, was destroyed in an accident near Karachi-Jinnah International Airport in Pakistan. All eight occupants and three persons on the ground were killed.
The airplane operated on a cargo flight from Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI), Pakistan to Douala, Cameroon with a planned en route stop at Khartoum, Sudan. The flight was loaded with 30.5 tons of relief supplies (tents).
After completion of necessary pre flight requisites by the flight crew, the cockpit crew contacted Karachi Airport at 01:14 hours local time and informed about their readiness to start for Khartoum. After receiving permission from the air traffic controller, the crew started the engines between 01:21 and 01:24. On previous flights the crew had encountered problems starting engine no.4. On those occasions the engine was finally started after switcing on the Engine Anti Ice System. At Karachi, the flight crew proactively activated the Engine Anti Ice System before starting engine no.4.
The most probable reason of abnormal starts of the engine no.4 was reduction of compressor efficiency because of blade wear. The service wear of blades increases axial and radial clearances and the blade surface becomes rough, thus reducing the compressor efficiency. With the inlet guide vanes heating mode on, the amount of air through the compressor’s first stages increases thus improving the start reliability.
The crew then taxied the plane to runway 25L and took off at 01:43 hours. Shortly after takeoff, as the aircraft was climbing through an altitude of 100 meters, the no.4 engine suffered an uncontained failure. The airspeed was 325 km/h and undercarriage had been retracted. The remaining three engines continued working on takeoff power.
The aircraft banked right, which the pilot tried to counteract with ailerons and rudder. The no.4 engine was then set to idle and subsequently shut down.
Despite fully deflected ailerons and spoilers to create a left bank, the aircraft continued in a right bank. Right bank had increased to 32° while the recorded deflection of the rudder was -24° (to the left) and elevator to -10° for pitch up. The aircraft reached a height 140 m before it entered a descent.
At 01:44 the bank angle became 71° to the right and the aircraft continued moving to right and impacted buildings that were under construction.
Probable Cause:
Cause of Occurrence:
The cause of the occurrence was uncontained failure of the 2nd stage disk of LP compressor of Engine # 4 due to fatigue fracture which resulted in in-flight fire and damage to adjacent areas of right wing / flaps to an extent that flight could not be sustained.
The use of mishap engine beyond its manufacturer’s assigned life without assessment and life enhancement by the manufacturer was the cause of its uncontained fatigue failure.
Sources:
Official accident investigation report
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Karachi-Jinnah International Airport to Khartoum-Civil Airport as the crow flies is 3721 km (2326 miles).
Distance from Karachi-Jinnah International Airport to Khartoum-Civil Airport as the crow flies is 3721 km (2326 miles).
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017
8th March #WomensDay
UBL Head Office glows pink to mark #WomensDay #FacadeLighting #UBLHeadOffice #Karachi #Progress #UBL #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/jKyRNKXFHT
— UBL Digital (@UBLDigital) March 8, 2017
Friday, March 3, 2017
Thursday, March 2, 2017
#13ECOSummit🇵🇰
ECO member states unanimously resolve to build, promote multi-dimensional connectivity #13ECOSummithttps://t.co/vu4i9eYCFz pic.twitter.com/htKV65HgfR— Govt of Pakistan (@pid_gov) March 1, 2017
AF-Officials: On behalf of Afghan government, Afghan amb to Pak @DrOmarZakhilwal will attend the ECO summit in Islamabad on Wednesday.— Said Sulaiman Ashna (@sashna111) February 27, 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
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